The document discusses the codes and conventions of hip-hop jazz genre music videos. It notes that the videos typically do not have storylines, but rather focus on conveying the artist's style, image, and lifestyle through shots of them rapping. The mise-en-scene often involves the artist in a city or rough area with friends. Iconography shows the artists trying to portray a tough side in cities without obvious symbols. Camera work focuses on medium shots of the artist rapping with some effects to match lyrics.

1. Codes and conventions of a genre
(Hip-hop jazz)
A Tribe Called Quest
Similar Artists
Eric B & Rakim
Digable Planets
The Roots
Representation of the artist: Artists that follow this kind of genre
dress in similar ways. A Tribe Called Quest was most famous when
they were performing in the 1990’s and the fashion trend was
different back then. In the video, the shots are quite slow and many of
the shots are of the artists singing or rapping the lyrics.
Narrative? With this kind of genre, most of the music videos don’t
seem to have many messages or any sort of storyline in them. The
story or the message is in the lyrics of the song. Many of the videos
are just the artist rapping and showing of their style or conveying
their personal image or their life style. The video makes sense, but it
doesn’t give much of a message/storyline.
Mise-en scene: With this kind of genre it is typical for the artists to
be in a city or a rough area of town. It can depend on what the song is
about. Most of the time the artist is with a group of his friends or his
crew.
Iconography: From what I can tell, the artist’s videos consistently
seem to be in cities. They try to show their tough side. They don’t
have any symbols that convey them. But their attitude is their way of
saying who they are. It is consistent throughout their videos.
Camera work, editing, effects: The camera work is mostly of the artits
themselves when they are rapping. They occasionally have some
interesting effects that fit along with the lyrics they are singing.
Generally, most of the time the video is quite linier with minimal
effects. Most shots seem to be close ups and medium range shots
when rapping. Some long range shots to mix things up.